As
part of my Open University course in law I've just been reading about the Civil
Partnerships Act 2004. They included in the textbooks some vile comments
made by the disgusting Melanie Phillips about how LGBT couples are undermining
society etc etc etc.
The more I read about the Act the more I became concerned at the inbuilt discrimination within it.
The worst part was the residency section which, unlike marriage, insists that partners have co-habited for 6 months before being able to register a marriage.
Reading the Act has cemented my belief that nothing less than full equality of marriage and civil partnerships for both same and opposite sex couples is acceptable.
However, given that Cameron has now appointed a right wing nutter as Equalities Minister, I'm not hopeful on the equal marriage front. My money is on there being no Equal Marriage Act this Parliament. Cameron will give in to his right wing nutters.
So much for the Tories no longer being the nasty party like Theresa May claimed before the electorate were fool enough to allow the Con-Dems to be in a position to form a coalition.
The more I read about the Act the more I became concerned at the inbuilt discrimination within it.
The worst part was the residency section which, unlike marriage, insists that partners have co-habited for 6 months before being able to register a marriage.
Reading the Act has cemented my belief that nothing less than full equality of marriage and civil partnerships for both same and opposite sex couples is acceptable.
However, given that Cameron has now appointed a right wing nutter as Equalities Minister, I'm not hopeful on the equal marriage front. My money is on there being no Equal Marriage Act this Parliament. Cameron will give in to his right wing nutters.
So much for the Tories no longer being the nasty party like Theresa May claimed before the electorate were fool enough to allow the Con-Dems to be in a position to form a coalition.
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